Mueller investigation: what will happen to it under Matt Whitaker?

In a letter https://bit.ly/2DaU1nl saying the move placed the country "in the throes of a constitutional crisis", House Judiciary Committee Democrats demanded action from the panel's Republican chairman, Bob Goodlatte, and called for bipartisan legislation to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller from any effort to stymie the probe.

A large crowd gathered near Philadelphia City Hall on Thursday evening in support of protecting the Mueller investigation, a day after Attorney General Sessions was forced out.

It is truly said that politics makes unusual bedfellows, but I never imagined that conservative stalwart Jeff Sessions-whose resignation many Democrats demanded not long ago-would find himself a hero of the George Soros/Rachel Maddow insane left.

Recent acting and permanent attorneys general have been longtime government lawyers or high-ranking politicians with more experience navigating Washington than Whitaker.

Into Sessions's office has stepped Matthew Whitaker, who before becoming the attorney general's chief of staff was a political commentator on news programs, heard criticizing Mueller's probe, calling it a risky overreach. But the work is not done, and critical decisions await that could shape the remainder of Trump's presidency.

Sign up for the new United States morning briefing Could the investigation be shut down? "Trump's attempt to be his own judge and jury is inconsistent with the rule of law and democracy".

In a July 10, 2017, appearance on CNN, Whitaker shrugged off the idea that the Trump Tower meeting could be part of a criminal conspiracy.

CNN's Jim Acosta, who regularly spars with Trump and his spokeswoman Sarah Sanders, annoyed the president by asking if he'd demonised immigrants during the midterms election campaign and then went on to ask about the Russian Federation probe.

Mr Sessions became the first casualty of a cabinet shakeup that had been expected from Mr Trump following the midterm elections on Tuesday. It's a job he knows well given that Whitaker has spent the previous year as Sessions' chief of staff. Shortly after, the White House took the extremely rare measure of revoking Acosta's press pass. It's possible he'll still play a role in the Mueller investigation, but the Justice Department made clear Wednesday that Whitaker "is in charge of all matters under the purview of the Department of Justice".

Rosenstein remains at the department and could still be involved in oversight.

Such actions would likely draw less political backlash than firing Mueller directly, said Rosenzweig. "And Congress must act to protect the Mueller investigation", another organizer said. The president has verbally dismissed the Mueller probe, calling it a "witch-hunt" into his legitimacy in the White House.

That left Rosenstein overseeing the investigation, and he named Mueller as special counsel.

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